Voting-machine.



E. B. CUMMINGS.

VOTING MACHINE. APPLICATION HLED Aue.28.1913.

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.VOTING MACHINE.

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Patented Feb. 20,1917.

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VOTING MACHINE! APPLICATION FILED AUG.28, 1913.

whiclrhe has already actuated, but he can preceding straight ticket or candidate.

EDWIN B. CUMMINGS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

VOTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917'.

Application filed August 28, 1913. Serial No. 787,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Enwm B. CUMMI-Nes, a" citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain 'new and useful Voting-Macliine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction and operation of voting machines of the type shown in Letters Patout granted to me, No. 1,010,596, dated Dec- 1511, and No. 1,001,732, dated Aug. 29, 1911.

The chief feature of this improvement consists in arranging the elements of each group for registering and indicatin the vote for each candidate, so that the voter can readily change his vote, by merely voting for another straight ticket or candidate and that will re-call or re-set the mechanism which has been operated for voting for the In this style of voting machine, the voter first operates a key or the like op osite the name of the straight ticket or can idate, and thus sets the parts actuated by the key so that when the voter leaves the voting booth, means is actuated for causing the parts, which have been previously set, to actuate the counter and thus register and indicate the vote. Themechanism here is arranged so that if after operating a key for a certain party or candidate, and the voter wishes to change his vote for another party or candidate, he need not'fir'st re-set the mechanism immediately vote for the other party or candidate, and when he operates a key for such other party or candidate, it will re-set the formerly actuated mechanism, as well as set the mechanism'so as to register and indicate for the new party or candidate, when the voter leaves the booth or machine. This renders vote changing as easy and simple a process as is possible. This vote changing, however, does not applyto the group voting mechanism, but it does apply to the remainder of the mechanism including the Yes and No voting keys or the Referendum.

Another feature of the invention consists in arranging the parts of the group voting mechanism so that all of the group voting in their operated positions and show that they have been operated until after the voter has left the machine or booth and the counting mechanism has been actuated andthe machine as a whole has been re-set. This enables the voter to see and understand clearly and exactly what candidate he has voted for in the group mechanism. This avoids the confusion of the voter, and he can see at a glance at any time, how many in thegroup he. has voted for, and thus know how many more he is still entitled to vote for. I

Another feature of the invention provides means for facilitating the cooperation-of two adjacent machines whereby one machine is added to another adjacent to it, in order toenlarge the capacity of the machine, and the two machines will operate as one ma chine, and a single lever will cause the actuation of all registers and indicators in the two machines with means in position to actuate them, and a single lever will reset all bars of the two machines.

Another f ature of the invention resides in the construction whereby the means for voting for the candidate or candidates of a party may be temporarily rendered inoperative. when there is no ticket or candidate for that party to be voted for at the election.

The foregoing and other features of my invention will be fully understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1, is'a front elevation of my voting machine arranged for two tickets, showing the straightv Democratic ticket voted. but with the vote changed for the lieutenant governor to the Republican candidate. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section-on line 22 of Fig. 1, with the machine reset in the condition for the voter .to select and operate the keys. Fig. 3 a rear elevation of the repeating mechanism for the group yoting, the parts being in their normal positions. Fig. 4C is the same, showing the parts in position after one key of the group has been operated. Fig. 5 is the same, showing the parts in rc-set position.

' Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the machine with the front plate or frame and associated )arts'removed, the same being broken away etween its ends as shown. Parts of some of the groups are omitted, in order to previsible. holding plate 18, there is another plate 123,

sent them in their various conditions and positions, the counter actuating and re-setting'levers being shown in section. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the machine, with the rear plate removed and showing the parts in altered, positions by dotted lines, the same being broken away as indicated. Fig. 8 is the rear elevation of the ZIClJZlCGHlJ lower corners of two voting machines, with the parts arranged so that the two machines will operate as one machine. Fig. 9, ma horizontal section of the same on line 9 9 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10, is a section through the part in which the straight ticket bar is "mounted. showing said bar in its normal position, the positions of the keys and the slots being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 11, is the same as Fig. 10, after the straight ticket has been actuated. Fig. 12 is a part of Fig. 11 with the straightkey and one other key returned by vote changing.

In the machine shown in the drawings to illustrate my. invention there is a rectangular casing with a bottom, top and two sides, and a removable rear plate 11, and the front of. the frame has .vertical plates 12 at the sides of the machine, cross plates 13 at the top and bottom of the machine, and intermediate plates 1-1.

In the front plate or frame, there are. vertical openings between the plates 12 and 1 1, for the ballots 15, on the ballot holding plates 16-,'so that the ballots will be, visible.

ln'Fig. 1 there are shown two ballots, one a Democratic ballot, and the other a Republican ballot, and each ballot has the emblem and name of the par ty thereon with the words Straight ticket at the upper end, and also the names of thefollowing officers: governor, lieutenant governor, two senators and at the lower end, .Yes" and These ballots may be multiplied and lengthened or modified with any number of candidates or oflicers named thereon.

When the ballots are inalace the names of cured to the front plates 12 and 14, and plate 16 has perforations l9'and 20 through which the counter wheels 21 and, 22 and 23 may be Immediately behind each ballot mounted in the same guides 18, and with SlIllllZlI136F101il1310118. The last plate is stap The ballot holding frame is slidable in guides 18 secounters will be invisible, which is desirable during the voting. It is immaterial which of these twoplates is movable, but plate 123,

bears against the counters, and holdsthem under spindles 24,'and therefore, it should preferably be stationary. The means for moving plate 16 vertically is not here shown, and may be the same as in my former patents;

In the plates 1% the voting keys are,.

' the straight ticket bar and a slot 32 in said plate 27, curved concentrically witlrthe axis of the key. The notches 31, for all the keys, but the straight ticket key, are elongated longitudinally of the bar, see Fig. 10, but the straight ticket notchneed not be elongated, although it is immaterial. These notch'es .3-,1 are so arranged that when the straight ticket key is operated, it will move the straight ticket bar and. operate all of the other keys in the row, and when any other key in the row has been turned back in vote changing after the straight ticket key has been operated. the straight ticket bar will be returned, and likewise the straight ticket key, so that it will not show that there has been a straight ticket vote, although all of the keys in the row will remain operated, excepting any returned during the vote changing. llhen a'second straight ticket key is oper ated, however, it returns all the keys which had previously been operated. When the straight ticket bar in normal position, the notches therein permit the operation of any key, except the straight ticket, without causing the movement of the straight ticket bar.

ll'ithin the machine there is a main or bed plate 10, always stationary and upon which most of the operating mechanism is mounted. "lhis bed plate is a thin metal plate, and

in the machine herein shown, is a single plate extending throughout the height and vwidth of the machine, and is mounted at its frame 10 are separable, so that iii-assembling the machine the bed plate 10 is slipped into the grooves in the bottom and sides of the frame face before the top bar is secured in place.

'lhe-counter wheels 21, 22 and 23 are mounted upon studs 21- secured in the bed plate 10, see The three studs are in a horizontal row, spaced apart so that the group of counter wheels will preferably engage and operate each other. The particu: lar type of counter wheels need not be described, as what shown is a very old and common counter. The tens wheel' 22 .and hundreds wheel are spaced somewhat away from the bed plate l(). the units wheel 21, is similarly spaced therefrom by ratchet see Fig. (i, and at its left hand end has a pin 45, projecting rearward therefrom, through a horizontal slot 46, in the bed plate and rearward beyond the bed plate by the pawl actuating bar 47. There is a downward arm l8, midway oneach pawl ll, with a plurality otteeth adapted to engage a plurality of teeth of theratchet wheel 43, above its pivot, so that when the pawl H, is given a straight horizontal movement to the right by the bar 47, behind it. after-the bar has been moved to the left and set by the voting key, the pawl will actuate the units wheel one notch. see the upper end of Fig. (3. The object of the plurality of teeth in the arm 48. of the pawl i l, is to cause all those notches to inter-lock with the teeth of the ratchet wheel l b-and hold said ratchet wheel in position. This result follows, although the pawl li, is slidable, because of the relation to each other of the teeth on the arm 48, which prevents any movement of the ratchet wheeliil. until after the pawl i-l has been moved away..

This arrangement prevents a person from inserting a wire through the perforations in plates 16 and ligand moving the units wheel 21. The units wheel is thereby locked from backward movement by the locking lever 50 fulcrumed between its ends on the pin 51, in the bed plate 40, and-in a substantially horizontal position, so that one end will be light and have a hook on it to engage a tooth ot' the ratchet wheel l3, and the other end will be heavy, so that gravity will movethe hooked end of the lever toward the wheel 43. To make the latter lock positive, an arm extends down from the left end of the pawl a -l, and has an inclined surface which engages an inclined surface oi? the heavy end of the locking lever 50, so as to positively force and hold the locking levcr a gainst the wheel 43 andprevent its moving: backward.

The sliding pawl 4-4, which actuates the counters, moved into and out of position for actuation of the counter by a lever which is actuated by the pin 30 on a key or 26. The lever 53 is pivoted on a stud 5% in bedplate a0, and it has three arms one arm 531 which is engaged and actuated'by pin 30 on the key. The other end of lever 53 has an upper arm projecting from the lever and in position to engage the right-hand end of the sliding pawl 44. when the lever is actuated by the operation of the key, and moved to the left from the position shown in the upper group in Fig. 6, to the position shown in next group below. This places the pawl in position for the actuation of the counter when the voter leaves the booth, as will be explained hereafter.

The chief characteristics of the operation of the registeringand indicating mechanism, so zt ar,described are substantially the same as in my former-patents. But to enable a voter to change his vote readily, the

lever is provided with another arm 533.

in position to engage a shoulder 4-11 on the sliding pawl. 44. hen the lever 53 is given a, return movement from the position shown in the second group to that shown in the first group of Fig. 6, the right hand end of the pawl is will be lifted and moved to the right, as shown in the third group in Fig. 6, until it is returned to its normal position where it was before the key had been operated, and in making this movement, the pawl 4st does not actuate the counter. This merely undoes what before had been done by the voter. so that he can proceed to vote for some other candidate for the same oi?- fice, without more than one vote being registered.

The lever 53 is returned to its normal position, during vote changing, by a double arm pivoted on a stud 56 in the bed plate i0 and having one arm that would engage the arm 531 of the lever and another oppositely projecting arm projecting into position to be engaged by the shoulder 581 on the sectional locking bar 58 immediately to theright of said lever There is a sectional locking bar 58 for each candidate and. ticket, all. the sectional lockto beengaged by the re-setting bar 4.7 which returns the locking bar to its normal position. Also, each sectional locking bar 58 has atits right hand end a pin 583 which projects through a slot 61 in the bed plate 4:0, being headed on its rear end. so that it guides the locking" bar and holds it "from escape. Each locking bar 58 has at its right hand end a notch 58% adapted to be engaged by the arm of the lever .33, when the latter is actuated by a voting key, whereby the locking bar is actuated toward the left into locking position. These locking bars are arranged like those in my former other voting'key in the same row, for the same oflice, but in my present machine, the chief object of the bars 58is to permit the operation of another voting key for the same oflice and at the same time to un-voteany other voting key which has been operated for the same office. And they do this work whether operated to the right or to the left. Thus, if the left hand key is operated, the locking bar will actuate the arm 55, which will return the first ,oper-' ated lever and voting key, to their original positions. On the other hand, if the right hand key be first operated, the opera tion oft-he right hand key will throw the arm up to the right so that the locking barwill return the right-hand lever 53 and votingkey to their original positions. When the second key voted is at the right, the previously operated lever 53 is returned by the arm 55 being actuated by the locking bar. If the second key voted is at the left, thereve rse takes place, the previously operated lever 53 being returned by the locking bar, it being actuated b the arm 55.

It is ,to benoted that when the second voting'key for the same otlice or ticket is operated, thepreviously operated keywas tickets and candidates in thismachine, on

' readil for voting. Then returned to. its original position, and it also returns the straight ticket bar and straight ticket key to their original positions. Hence, the various groups of registering and indicating mechanism for the different cept-ing the group voting mechanism, may be operated at will without any interlocking, and yet will prevent any duplicate-voting. The vote'rmay play over the keys of the machine, operating any voting keys he may wish, but when he goes out of the hoot-lnor. leaves the machine,- only the last such voting keys as he places sliding pawls operate or counters for such voting keys. Then he leaves the machine or booth, the l ver is operated which is located the i right hand corner of the mac ine.

explained, mov s pawls L4: to the right .and

And this, has l QED actuates the proper counters. Said levers.

and 66 are fule'rumed or pivoted on o is (37 on the bottom fr: I 18 of the innchine and the interior Q11( 1 said levers engaging the eii ds'of llOllnf) vlly reciprocatory bar 70 which is, held placeby another section.

in posi ion emme guide pins 71 projecting up from the bottom bar 10 and automatically actuates each vertical bar 47 by bell crank lever 7 3 fulcrumed by the pin 74 to the bed plate elO and said lever. Said lever 73 has a slot 7 5 infeach end which engages the pins 76 and 77, which are in the bars 70 and 47, respectively. Each vertical bar l7 is pivoted by a plurality of pins to one end of each of the link bars 78 and the other ends of said link bar78 are pivoted at 79 on the bed plate 40, as shown in Fig. 7. v The link bars 78 are inclined so as to be substantially parallel with each other, and with the one arm of the bell crank lever 73, so-that when the bar 70 in Fig. 7 is moved to the right by'the lever 65, it will move theentire bar 47 laterally throughout its length, and to the left as shown in said. figure to the dotted line posi tion. Tliisanovenient of bar 47 causes it to move the pawls ll and locking bars .58 to the right, see Fig. 6, and thus actuate the counters and re-set the locking bars.

After the machine has been operated. as stated, it is locked against further operation until the lever 66 isactuated so as to move the vertical bars 47 away-from the locked position to the position shown in Fig. 7 andpermit the sliding pa'wls 4st and the locking bars 58 to be moved to the left, see Fig. 6, permitting the voting keys again to be operated. it is observed that the bars 47 are independent of each other although they are operated by the same bar70.

The foregoing mechanism constitutes a complete voting machine and as heretofore may be comparatively small, suitablefor small ballots, and by the combination of a plurality of such machines cooperating to make a larger voting machinesuitable for elections having many tickets and candi dates, and he sectionalso that the machine may be readily adapted .f'Ol any election. @nly one section, for instance, may be used for primary elections, or simple municipal elections, and State tickets may. be putin one section, the county tickets put in another section, and if necessary, the national ticket D in some States all-of these tickets are voted at one election, while at another election only one or some of the tickets are voted. r

This enlargement of the capacity of the voting machine is accomplished by placing the sections of smaller voting machines side by side, and providing means for opera the series of bars 70. in shown there is merely a located between and seends of the bars 70 of the tively' connecting he form herein sliding block SQ cured against the and 66 in the acent ends of the two machines are removed. There s. iiev fore, when the lever at the left hand end of the entire group of machines is operated, it will push all of the bars to the right, and when the voter leaves the booth or machine and the lever 66 is operated, it will pushall of the bars 70 to the left.

It is desirable for voting machines to have a yes or no referendum voting mechanism and that is here illustrated in the two lower groups of voting keys, seen in Figs. 1 and 6. The chief difference between this part of the voting mechanism and that for the general candidates, is that here there verticalinterlocking, that is, when a key is operated, it will look its companion key above or below and the vote changing lever is omitted. The upper lever of the lower pairs of levers 50 is modified in form, having a downward extension or arm which projects into the path of the arm 532 of the lever 53 below, so that the operation of either one of said levers will return or reverse the other leveiz' It as readily as in the other part thereof.-

The yes and no mechanism does not differ from the other except in the omission of the lever and the addition of the arm 535 to the upper lever 53, and there are no abutting bars. The bars 158 in the yes and no mechanism are the same as the locking bars 58 above, excepting that they do not abut. and are therefore not locking bars, but they perform the other functions. o1 the bars 58, interlocking the. downward movement oi. the sliding'pawls let, as the latter are operated by the arms of the levers In other words, there is no connection horizontally between the yes and no mechanism, and they are not connected within a straight ticket bar, for they are nonpartisan.

The group voting mechanism is included in the voting machine herein shown, and the chief feature is the arrangement thereof so that all the keys operated will remain in an altered position, and the voter can seeexactly what keys he has operated, and thus be sure to operate the number he is entitled to operate. In Figs. 1 and 6 the third and fourth group keys and key operative mechanism from the bottom, are for group voting, and the keys as shown herein are for electing senators, where the voter is allowed to vote for any two senators in the group of candidates for senators. The voting keys and the parts thereby actuated, in-

' eluding the counters, are the same in the group voting mechanism, as in the previous similar voting mechanisms herein described, excepting that there is a pivoted lever 153 which difi'ers from the pivoted arm 53 in right, as shown in Fig. 6, so that upper arm of the lever 153, when operated, will push the locking bar over to the left to the full limit, and escape from the shoulder thereof. The spring pressure referred to will immediately throw the locking bar back to its normal position, and the lever 58 which has been operatedtogether with the voting key, will remain in the operated position, and show the voter that he has operated it.

There is a shoulder 585 on each group voting locking bar to the left of the shoulder In the machines here shown, the locking bars of the regular and group voting mechanism are made alike, and may be so made on the machine, but in the regular voting mechanism the shoulder 585 does not function while in the group voting mechanism the shoulder 581 does not function.

The chief object of the pivot arm 155 in the group voting mechanism is to prevent the voter from operating two keys simultaneously. Hence, it has a surface against which the extreme end of the arm 531 on the lever abuts and pushes as it is moved upwardly by the operation of the voting key. \Vhen the pivoted arm 155 is thus moved upward it has a shoulder on its upper end to engage and lock with the shoulder 585 011 the locking bar, and prevent the further operation ofsuch locking bar, until it has again been re-set after the voter leaves the machine. Hence. if a voter should undertake to vote utter he has voted all allowed him, this arm 155 will interfere, because the lever will be pushing it in one direction and the locking bar 58 will be pushing it in the other direction, and therefore the parts cannot move. To enable the lever 153 in the group voting mechanism to be returnedby the counter actuating movement of the sliding pawl, the pin 583 can move upward in the enlarged end of the slot 61 the end of the locking bar 58 in which the pin 583 is mounted is pushed upward by the arm on the lever 53 as it is being returned.

The repeating mechanism which limits at number of candidates for which one can vote in the group voting mechanism is illustrated in Figs. 2 to 7. On the rear side of the bed plate 40; a frame 800 is secured. Itis built up of a main or rear plate 801 and a plate 802 is secured thereon. In the able in the main jifraine.

lug on pawl 82.

pairs of notchcs I group voting mechaoi" cand dates in 7 nism, for which one entitled to vote. The slot is longer than the notch bar 81 so that sa l. bar is vertically movable therein. and s vertical moren'ient is limit en by a pin.

The limiting lar 8]. is elevated one notch at a time, as each candidate is voted tor, by the pawl which is pivoted by the pin 821 to the frame which is vertically mov- At every v Jical movement of the frame 83, the pa vl engages a notch and elevates the bar Ell and pawl ti l, by gravi v, drops into the opposite notch and supports the bar 81 in its eleated position. Th the pawls 82 and 84c elevate the bar 81 step by step and is stopped by the pin 80? and then the mecl anism is locke fl "an further operr prevents further voting in the group voting mechanism. 7

The sliding; frame is elevated by the arms 85 pivoted at to the frame S00 and one projection which ei'igages a lug; 831 on the sliding frame c3 and ele ates said tame the arm 85 is oscillated by the left .hand end of the locking bar 58, engaging a pro ection 853 from the pivot arm 85. in other words this arm 85 merely converts the horizontal movementof the locking into vertical movement of the frame 83. There is one pivoted arm 85 for each look ing bar 58L i The frame 83 is returned or drawn downward by the spring; one end of which is secured to a pin 931 on the movable frame 83 and the other end to the pin 805%., the stationary frame 802 forn'iinp; a part of the plate 800. it lever 88 is tulcrunied at 881 between its ends on pin in the plate 802 and is operated by a loop M1 on the verti cal bar i? on the re-settingr mechanism, engaging; the end $33.; and when that end is ele 'ated the other end of the lever, by reason of a center concave surface Sal, engages a This disengages the pawl 82 from the notch bar 81, and at the same time by a convex surface'SSi engages a pin 8&2 on the pawl 8i, and disengages it from the bar 81. This is for the purpose of-re-settino the repeating mechanism. By changing the number of pairs of notches in the bar 81, and correspondingly changing the limit of its movement the repeating mechanism may be adopted to control the group voting mechanism for any desired number of candidates. ()nl-y the number of candidates equal to the limited number of pairs of notches can be voted for.

The bar 81 has ..ion and .r o Lib log bar. Said bar has in it a vertical slot J01 orig-h which. a pin from the plate 40 projects. This pin guides and limits the iorei ent of said bar. The said bar 280 'ont the plate it" at a position in or the repeating" mechanism, as shown ii in, 7, and a pin -l80 is secured in the bar and PI'OjQCtS through a vertical i in the plate it). as shown by dotted lines in FF 6' and T. and projects and is secured to the repeater so that when the bar 280 is lowered or elevated they change the position of the repeat r. in one position, as shown in i 7, said repeater i the locking bars no of the group votsectioirof the machine, the pin 182 on s id iockine bars the point 1SO of the arm 85 heretofore explained. ll hen, howeven the repeater islowered so that the pin on the locking; bar-registers with the recess 181 in the arm 85 then the repeater is inoperati e so far as the group voting section is concerned and the straight ticket bar ll operate the group voting keys just as it will operate any of the other keys.

The repeating: mecl'ianism is held in its upper and normal position, as shown in l ig. 3, by thebar 280 and the arm 382 on the bar 380, as shown in Fig. 6. engages a corresponding notch 283 in the lateral edge oi. the bar- 280, when said bar is elevated as shown in Fig. 6. The rockingbar 880 is lulcrum'ed to the plate 4:0 at 381 and the upper end oi said bar rests against the left hand locking bar of the straight ticket key. Therefore, when the straight ticket key is operaterlv said left hand locking bar will be moved to the left, somewhat, thus disengaging the arm 380 from the notch 283 and permit the said. bar and the repeater to drop as far as the slot 281 and pin 282 will permit. in such lower position the recesses 181' in the arms will register with the pins 182 in the group voting locking bars so that the repeater will not interfere with the operation of said group voting key with the straight ticket bar. i itter thus voting a straight ticket and the voter is leaving'thebooth and operates the verticalbar i7, as heretofore explained, from the full line position to the dotted line position in Fig. 7, then the arm 147 on the said bar l7 will engage the lower end of the repeater and lift it and the bar 180 until the arm 382, see Fig. 6, enters the notch 283 in the bar 280 and thus holds the repeater in elevated and normal position. l Vhen there is no The arm 382 actuate the register, and the other arm en gaging the projection of said pawl, so that a return movement of the lever will lift and return the pawl to normal position without actuating the register.

2. A voting machine including a register,

sliding pawl lor actuating the same which is normally out of actuating position, and which has a projection near one end, means for giving the pawl its register actuating movement after the pawl has been set in register actuating position, and the voting key operated by the lever provided with two arms, one arm arranged to move the pawl when the lever is operated to a register actuating position, and the other arm engaging said PlO]GCi11OI1 of the pawl, so that a return movement oi? said lever, before the register has been actuated will return the pawl to its normal position without actuating the register.

A voting machine including a plurality of registers, a sliding pawl for actuating each register, each sliding pawl being normally out of register actuating position, a voting key operated lever having a plurality of arms, one arm adapted to move said pawl when said lever is operated into a register actuating position, and the other arm when the lever is returned adapted to return said pawl to its normal position without actuating its register, and means operated by one of said operating levers for returning a pre viousl v operated lever, and thus returning the pawl. of the latter to normal position without actuating its register.

4:. A voting machine including a plurality of registers, a sliding pawl for each register normally out of register actuating position, a voting key operated lever with two arms, one arm adapted when the lever is operated to move its pawl into register actuating position, and the otherarm when the lever is returned. a lapted to return the pawl to normal position without operating the lever, a sliding bar moved by each lever when operated. and a pivoted arm actuated by said sliding pawl for returning a previously operated lever.

' A voting machine including a series of isters, a sliding pawl. for each re which is normally out of registering position, a voting key operated lever with two arms, one arm. adapted, when operated to move each pawl to a register actuating position, and when returned, to return said pawl to its normal position without actuating the register, and a sliding har actuated by each lever when it is operated. the series of sliding bars abutting against each other, and a pivoted arm in position to be actuated by said sliding pawl, whereby the lever, last operated in the series will he returned, and any previously operated pawl in the series will be returned to its normal position without actuating its register.

6. A, voting machine including a series of registers, a sliding pawl for each register which is normally out of registering position, voting hey operated lever with two arms, one arm adapted. when operated, to move each pawl to a register actuating position, and when returned, to return said pawl to its normal position without actuating the register, and a sliding bar actuated by each lever when it operated, the series of sliding bars abutting against each other, and a. pivoted arm in position to be actuated by said sliding pawl, whereby the lever last operated will be returned, and any previously operated pawl in the series will be returned to its normal position without actuating its register, and means for giving the last operated sliding pawl in the series its register actuating movement.

7. A l voting machine including a plurality of registers, a sliding pawl tor actuating each register and arranged normally in po sition not to actuate its register, and a lever for each pawl arranged when moved ton ward to set the pawl in position to actuate its register, and when given the return i'i'iovenient it will return said pawl to its normal position, said levers being arranged with reference to each other, so that the Forwz rd operation of one. will cause the return inoven'ient of the other.

8. A voting machine including a plurality oi: registers, a sliding pawl tor actuating each register and arranged normally in position not to actuate u register. a lever for each pawl ;ll'l'llZl{,{Q(l when moved forward to set the pawl in position to actuate its regis ter and when given the return movement it will return said pawl to its normal position. said levers being arranged with reference to each other so that the forward operation of one will cause the return movement of the other, and means tor giving actuating move ment to the pawl which set in position to actuate its 9. A voting machine including a plurality of registers, a sliding pawl for each register nor. iallv in position not to actuate the register, lever for each pawl having a pair of arms, one arm arranged when the lever is given forward movement. to set the pawl in. a register actuating position and another arm -when the lever is retui inn the pawl to its noruul i )sition withoi t a t iating; the reaister, a pivotiil arm, one o' saiil levers l a, thiril ii'm p oiraight ticket voting mechanism. atlaptee to operate the group voting keys and locking bar. when not controlled by the repeater, and means opera" l by the straight ticket Voting; mechanism for causing tie movcin art of the repea to noncontrolling position, whereby the o'ro'up voting keys Will be operated by the ticket mechanism.

11. A voting machine including group voting keys and, locking bars, a repeater which in one position-controls and limits operation of said groin) voting keys and locking bars, astraight ticket voting mechanism, registering mechanism, means movable by saicl voting keys in a position to actuate saitl registers means operable by the voter as he uses the machine for causing the actuation of the registers and means op e 'ateil. by the straightticket votinginechiu nisin for causing the repeater to be moved to a non-controlling position and means moved by the said means for causing the actuation of the registers tor returning the repeater to the voting position.

12. it voting machine including group voting keys ancl locking bars, a vertically slid-able repeater which in one position engages saicl locking bars and controls the ope 'ation of said group voting keys ancl locking bars, a vertically movable har connected with said reperatingmechanism anclhaving inoperative position.

a notch in it, a rockingbar provided with an arm for engaging said notch in said vertical movable bar and holding it and the re .peater in an elevated position so as to control and limit the group votingkeys and. locking bars, a straight ticket voting mechanism including locking bar aclap ecl when actuated to release saicl rocking bar'ancl pervoted arm so i et l with it so that saul mechanism, ivhich bar has an arm athipten to elevate saivl repeater and the bar connectrereater anilbar ivill be caught by the arm on the rocking bar and the repeater held in position for limiting anal controlling the oi'ieration oi? the group voting keys and loekii bars.

l3. Qt voting machine including re istei inn" mechanism for each aniliilate of a party, means ailapteil to lie placeil in position by the voter tor actuating sahl registering niechai'lisnn a vertically tlisposeil bar for operating all of said register actuating means. a horizi'intal 1(Ci1')i()(72ll)lu bar adja centthe enils oi all of said vertically (lisposet'l operating. bars and adapted to be opeateil by the vote: as he lEIVQSt'llG machine and a removable connection between said horizontal bar and each of said vertically clis osecl bars whereby any of said verticallydisposed bars may be temporarily rendered inoperative when not required.

ll. i i voting machine including a plurality of voting keys in the same horizontal row and each key provided vith an extension adapted to he moved when op erzteiil from a (l0\\'11\ 'aril position to substantially a horizontal position. a locking bar for ch key, all excepting the advance locking bar having a shoulder in the forward. end thereof, and a 'iivoterlclog' a claptcrl to engage the shoulder of the locking bar and to engage the extension of a votii cey which has been ope atecl and be locked thereby and thus preventthe operation of the locking bar.

15. Hi voting machine including a plural ity of voting keys arrangeclin a vertical bar and the key above the lower key having a (lovnward extension in. position to engage and be engaged by the key below the same when actuated so that when either key is actuated it will return the other key to an In witness whereof, have hereunto allixeil mysignature in the presence of the "Witnesses herein named. V

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